The number of people who have died from H1N1 has reached 19 across the country and 183 more people have been found to be infected with the virus, the Ministry of Health and Sports has revealed.

Health staff are keeping seasonal influenza H1N1 under surveillance. Lab tests were performed on 41 suspected H1N1 patients from 2pm on August 8 to 2pm on August 9. Seventeen of them were found to have been infected with the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu.